Italian Language:6 levels - beginning, intermediate, advanced. Courses are offered year-around and taught by qualified teachers. All courses are taught in small groups. Courses are held from January - November. Four hours daily, M-F. Minimum 2-weeks. May begin on any Monday.
Other Courses:Art History, Italian Literature, Opera, Business Italian and wine and cooking. Admissions to these courses requires an intermediate level
of Italian. Course schedule available during orientation. (extra cost).
Level 1: Basic grammar and sentence structure. Essential vocabulary. Phonetics. Listening comprehension exercises. Conversation. Dictations. This course establishes the
basis for a self-assurance conversation leading to independence in essential situations.
Level 2: Development of basic grammar. Vocabulary building. Phonetics. Dictations. Exercises in oral summarizing. Conversation. Elementary readings.
Level 3: Completion
of basic grammar and its application. Vocabulary building. Written composition.
Readings from contemporary authors (Calvino and Pratolini, for example). In this course, the student reaches a good level of competence and is capable of coping with normal situations in an Italian environment.
Level 4: Syntactic structures and their use. Idiomatic expressions.
Written composition. Conversation and discussion. Readings from contemporary
authors (Moravia and Montale, for example). Readings from newspapers and magazines. A good level of expression is attained
in this course.
Level 5: Special syntactic structures. Synonyms and idiomatic expressions in everydayspeech. Special
topics in grammar morphology. Conversation and discussion on current topics. Readings from contemporary authors. Reading and analysis of newspaper and magazine articles. In this course, fluency is attained.
Level 6: Analysis, assimilation and use of more complex structures of the language. Topics of interest to the class. Contemporary readings. This course is the top level (Superior), and aims at general excellence.
"Firenze" is a city that bustles with industry and craft, commerce and culture, art and science. This conveniently located program gives you opportunity to live the Italian lifestyle, to explore the surrounding areas and to absorb the culture of the city.
The City of Florence, known as the "Cradle of the Renaissance" has approximately 500,000 inhabitants and is easy to reach
by train or car. It offers the visitor artistic and cultural events year-around.
The city's position in central Italy allows students to participate in excursions to Venice, Rome, or the seaside. The program
is located in the heart of Florence, between the Duomo and the Uffizi Gallery.